Top-roll saddle.



'N-O. 754,289. 'PATENT'LD MAR. s, 1904.

L.' DIXON.

- `TOP ROLL SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12. 1903.

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EZBA DIXON, OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

Toe-nou.. SADDLE.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\To.754,289, dated March 8, 1904.

Application led August 12, 1903. Serial N0. 169,205- (NO model.) l

.To all, whom it may cm2/cern:

Be it known that I, EZRA DIXON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Bristol and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Top-Roll Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention has reference to an improvement in top-roll saddles, and more particularly to an improvement in the mechanism for adjustably connecting the weight strap to the saddle.

In top-roll saddles it is essential to adjustably connect the weight-strap to the front toproll saddle, whereby the position of the saddle on the top rolls may be adjusted and the pressure of the saddle on the top rolls changed when required.

'lhe object of my invention is to adjustablyconnect the weight-strap with the front top- Y roll saddle by a bolt'adjustably secured to the saddle and having means for holding the upper end of the weight-strap.

M v invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of the front top-roll saddle and the upper end of the weight-strap having the shape of an inverted stirrup through which the saddle extends, said saddle having a slot extending lengthwise of the saddle and countersunk on the under side of the saddle and a `bolt adjustably secured in the slot and havinga hereinafter.

Figure l is a side view of the front and rear saddles, showing the saddles bearing on the journals of the top rolls and the front saddle provided with an adjustable bolt, to which the upper end of the weightstrap is connected through a groove in the end of the bolt. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the front toproll saddle, showing the bolt adjustably secured in the slot in the saddle and the groove in the end of the bolt for the weight strap. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken lengthwise through the front'saddle, showing the slot in the saddle countersunk on the under side of the saddle for the square head of the adjusting-bolt; and Fig. e is a transverse sectional view through the front saddle, showing the stirrup-shaped upper end of the weight-strap inclosing the saddle and supported in the groove on .the end of the adjusting-bolt.

In the drawings, indicate the journals of the top rolls; o, the hack saddle; d, the front saddle, and e the weight-strap. The back saddle c is constructed in the usual way to form bearings for the back and intermediate top-roll journals and to support the rear end of the front saddle. rIhe forward end of the front saddle Z has the usual bearing for the journal of the front top roll. slot d', extending lengthwise of the saddle and having the countersunk portion d2 on the under side of the saddle. Theadjusting-bolt d3 ,extends upward through the slot d and has the square head d* in the eountersunk portion (Z2 of the slot,l the groove Z5 in its end, and the nut d6 bearing on the upper face of the saddle. rIhe w eight-strap e has the stirrup-shaped upper end e', forming the square opening e2,

In the saddle (Z is the through which the saddle d extends to bring the upper edge of the opening e2 over and into the groove d5 in the end of the adjustingbolt d3.

ri`he weight-strap e is adjusted lengthwise on the front saddle d by moving thel bolt d3 in the slot d' in the saddle and secured in the adjusted position by tightening the nut IZ on the adjusting-bolt. The square head d* of the adjusting-bolt (Z3 prevents the adjusting-bolt l from turning in the slot d and holds the groove Z5 in the adj listing-bolt in the true position to receive the upper edge of the opening e2 in the weight-strap.

Having thus described my invention, I claim.

as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A top-roll saddle having a slot, a bolt in the slot, a nut on the bolt, a weight-strap hav.- ing an opening in its upper end, and means on the end of the bolt to hold the upper edge of the opening in the weight-strap to ad justably connect the weight-strap with the saddle,-as described.

2. The combination with a `front top-roll saddle having a slotextending lengthwise and countersunk on the under side, a bolt extending upward through the slot and having a square head in the countersunk portion of the slot, a nut on the bolt, a groove in the end of IOO the bolt, and a Weight-strap having a square opening in its upper end adapted to receive the saddle and bring the upper edge of the opening in the Weight-strap into the groove in the end of the bolt to adjustably connect the Weight-strap With the saddle, as described.

3. ln top-roll saddles, the combination with the back saddle o, the front saddle Z having the slot d with the countersunk portion cl2, the bolt Z3 having,r the square head d* and the groove Z5 in its end, the nut d, and the weightstrap e having the inverted-stirrup-slmped up per end e with the opening e2 to adjustably connect the Weight-strap with the front toproll saddle, as described.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EZRA DXXON.

Witnesses Y ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER, Jr. 

